John Forrest, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · New Haven, CTNPI 1386827491
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (35.9%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 82.5% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in CT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 576 payments — averaging $284.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$135K
- Edwards Lifesciences$12K
- Boston Scientific$12K
- Abbott$2K
- Ancora Heart, Inc.$994
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$400
- plus $460 from 5 others
Across 321 payments — averaging $3121.17 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medtronic$610K
- Edwards Lifesciences$277K
- Abbott$111K
- Boston Scientific$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$33,47020%
- Speaking & faculty fees$58,83236%
- Travel & lodging$52,23632%
- Food & beverage$19,24012%
- Education$2250%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 467 | $135,321 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 73 | $12,450 |
| Boston Scientific | 18 | $11,951 |
| Abbott | 8 | $2,426 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 3 | $994 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $400 |
| Almirall LLC | 2 | $150 |
| Optovue, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $117 |
| Jenavalve Technology, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Preventice Services, LLC | 1 | $17 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$52,180
- CoreValve Evolut$31,438
- Resolute$21,386
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$6,549
- Perclose ProGlide suture mediated closure system$2,000
- LOTUS EDGE$1,075
- AccuCinch$994
- EVOQUE$451
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$297
- Mitra Clip system$258
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$123
- Apollo$121
- OCT$118
How this compares
$164,002 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 415 cardiovascular disease providers in Connecticut.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Furosemide | 15 | $71 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in New Haven
- Nihar DesaiNew Haven$1.4M
- Jeffery TestaniNew Haven$546K
- Carlos Mena-HurtadoNew Haven$460K
- Henry WardNew Haven$152K
- Cesia Maria Gallegos KattanNew Haven$101K
- Khurram NasirNew Haven$100K
- Tariq AhmadNew Haven$75K
- Joseph AkarNew Haven$74K
- Hyung ChunNew Haven$67K
- Eric VelazquezNew Haven$57K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.